While waiting for CJ Wilson to make his decision, the Angels filled another hole on their roster by signing reliever LaTroy Hawkins to a 1-year deal.
Hawkins signed for 3 million, not bad for a middle innings, and sometimes late innings guy. The 38 year old Hawkins should do what Fernando Rodney couldn't do, and that's mentor Jordan Walden, and some of the other young Halo hurlers.
Another thi...

Ready or not, Opening Day is here. For the Brewers, they could probably wait another week or two to get all their guys healthy, but the clock has ticked down to zero and it’s time to Play Ball.
Things got off to a difficult start for the Brew Crew early in camp. Within days of each other, All-Star outfielder Corey Hart strained his left oblique, and then catcher Jonathan LuCroy broke his righ...

The news for the Brewers this off-season has been nothing but positive. Prince Fielder is still wearing a Milwaukee uniform. Zack Greinke and Shawn Marcum have both been acquired to help anchor a staff that should transform this team into a bona fide contender.
The starting rotation is just about set, with Grienke, Marcum, Gallardo, Randy Wolf and most likely Chris Narveson rounding out the fiv...

(all statistics thru August 26)
BOOF BONSER
Time With Giants: Never played for Giants at major league level; as a top prospect was traded to Twins for A.J. Pierzynski.
Background: Boof has had a rough go of it since his one full season in the Twins' rotation. He missed all of 2009 recovering from surgery.
2010: He pitched in 2 games with Boston before being acquired by Oakland; he's given them...